On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Never mind. I found a different function that reads out the children as well
> into the array.
>
>
> function xml_parse_into_assoc($data) {
> $p = xml_parser_create();
>
> xml_parser_set_option($p, XML_OPTION_CASE_FOLDING,
> 0);
> xml_parser_set_option($p, XML_OPTION_SKIP_WHITE,
> 1);
>
> xml_parse_into_struct($p, $data, $vals, $index);
> xml_parser_free($p);
>
> $levels = array(null);
>
> foreach ($vals as $val) {
> if ($val['type'] == 'open' || $val['type'] ==
> 'complete') {
> if (!array_key_exists($val['level'], $levels))
> {
> $levels[$val['level']] = array();
> }
> }
>
> $prevLevel =& $levels[$val['level'] - 1];
> $parent = $prevLevel[sizeof($prevLevel)-1];
>
> if ($val['type'] == 'open') {
> $val['children'] = array();
> array_push(&$levels[$val['level']], $val);
> continue;
> }
>
> else if ($val['type'] == 'complete') {
> $parent['children'][$val['tag']] =
> $val['value'];
> }
>
> else if ($val['type'] == 'close') {
> $pop = array_pop($levels[$val['level']]);
> $tag = $pop['tag'];
>
> if ($parent) {
> if (!array_key_exists($tag,
> $parent['children'])) {
> $parent['children'][$tag] =
> $pop['children'];
> }
> else if
> (is_array($parent['children'][$tag])) {
> if(!isset($parent['children'][$tag][0]))
> {
> $oldSingle =
> $parent['children'][$tag];
> $parent['children'][$tag] = null;
> $parent['children'][$tag][] =
> $oldSingle;
>
> }
> $parent['children'][$tag][] =
> $pop['children'];
> }
> }
> else {
> return(array($pop['tag'] =>
> $pop['children']));
> }
> }
>
> $prevLevel[sizeof($prevLevel)-1] = $parent;
> }
> }
>
>
> $params = xml_parse_into_assoc($result);//$result =
> xml result from USPS api
>
> Original function by: jemptymethod at gmail dot com
> Duplicate names fix by: Anonymous (comment right above original function)
>
> Best,
> Karl
>
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Jim Lucas wrote:
>
>> On 02/25/2013 05:40 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Guys/Gals,
>>> If I have an multidimensional array and it has items that have the same
>>> name in it, how do I get the values of each similar item?
>>>
>>> EG:
>>>
>>> specialservices => array(
>>> specialservice => array(
>>> serviceid => 1,
>>> servicename=> signature required,
>>> price => $4.95
>>> ),
>>> secialservice => array(
>>> serviceid => 15,
>>> servicename => return receipt,
>>> price => $2.30
>>> )
>>> )
>>>
>>> How do I get the prices for each? What would be the best way to do this?
>>> Can I utilize the serviceid to do this somehow?
>>> It is always going to be different per specialservice.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Karl DeSaulniers
>>> Design Drumm
>>> http://designdrumm.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This will never work. Your last array will always overwrite your previous
>> array.
>>
>> Here is how I would suggest building it:
>>
>>
>> $items = array(
>> 1 => array(
>> serviceid => 1,
>> servicename=> signature required,
>> price => $4.95
>> ),
>> 15 => array(
>> serviceid => 15,
>> servicename => return receipt,
>> price => $2.30
>> )
>> )
>>
>> This will ensure that your first level indexes never overwrite themselves.
>>
>> But, with that change made, then do this:
>>
>> foreach ( $items AS $item ) {
>> if ( array_key_exists('price', $item) ) {
>> echo $item['price'];
>> } else {
>> echo 'Item does not have a price set';
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Resources:
>> http://php.net/foreach
>> http://php.net/array_key_exists
>>
>> --
>> Jim Lucas
>>
>> http://www.cmsws.com/
>> http://www.cmsws.com/examples/
>
>
> Karl DeSaulniers
> Design Drumm
> http://designdrumm.com
>
>
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Would this work for you?
http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse-into-struct.php
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